-Are you upset that How I Met Your Mother is ending on Monday? So are Billy Eichner and Lindsay Lohan, who smashed a HIMYM-themed car out of pure sadness, I guess. Can we talk about how hard Billy Eichner has been killing it lately?

-So, Colbert did a bit where he made fun of the Redskins owner for starting a charity that has the word Redskins in its name, and made a joke that was great in context about starting a charity for “Orientals or whatever,” which promptly was taken out of context when Comedy Central tweeted it, and people got really butthurt and started a #CancelColbert hashtag. To the people using this hashtag: you know his show is satirical, right? And you get that he’s ON OUR SIDE, RIGHT?! Sigh.

-Once he’s finished with Captain America, Chris Evans is planning on quitting acting and moving behind the camera. I hate to break it to him, but he’s probably contractually obligated to do, like, 20 more Avengers movies, sooooo, yeah.

-The Emmys are changing up their rules a little bit and allowing True Detective to compete in the Drama category, even though it’s technically an anthology slash miniseries, not unlike AHS, which always competes in Miniseries. This means McConaughey will be up against both Bryan Cranston and Jon Hamm, most likely, while he’s fresh off his Oscar win, and that the series itself will have to contend with Breaking Bad‘s final season, Game of Thrones‘ fourth season (which is jam-packed with Emmy material, I can assure you), and the first half of Mad Men‘s final season. YIKES. This year’s Emmy race just got way crazier.

Next week, we’ll have another piece about HIMYM, and hopefully more opinion pieces coming up, including some thoughts about Paleyfest! Have fun in the rain! (It’s raining on this whole half of the country, so, just assuming.)

How I Met Your Mother aired its penultimate episode this Monday, wherein Robin and Barney actually made it down the aisle, pre-wedding tantrums notwithstanding. And, with that, the big conflict of this season has found resolution. We still have one episode left – the hour long, series finale – and we still don’t know exactly how Ted meets The Mother (who, at this point, remains nameless), nor do we have any answers to, I don’t know, about a million questions the show has left open-ended (thankfully, an intrepid Buzzfeeder rounded up the 51 most important questions). This show has been frustrating, complex, and, in its best moments, incredibly rewarding for its loyal viewers, which makes its fans wonder – can the big ending possibly live up?

What are the ingredients to a good Muppet movie? I would argue that these are the five essential rules to making a solid film with our furry, fuzzy felt friends;

-Original songs.

-Make us laugh.

-Celebrity cameos who actually have something to do.

-A human is not the main character.

-Give us something to truly care about.

With Muppets Most Wanted being released this past weekend, this is as good a time as any to reflect on the Muppets. They’ve been delighting audiences for decades, whether it was on TV in The Muppet Show, on one of their many film soundtracks, or on the silver screen in an impressive eight films as of this writing. But do all eight of those Muppet films hold up? So yes, from worst to best, here are my thoughts on all eight theatrically released Muppet films;

So, apparently yesterday was the first day of spring, Divergent comes out today, and every music festival I can’t afford to go to is announcing their line-ups! Fabulous. Here’s what else happened this week.

–SNL has an incredible lineup of hosts for the next few episodes. Louis CK will host on March 29 with musical guest Sam Smith, Anna Kendrick on April 5 with musical guest Pharrell, and Seth Rogen on April 12 with musical guest Ed Sheeran. Please, writers, don’t screw any of these people like you screwed Jennifer Lawrence.

-And, finally, for some reason there are TWO Jungle Book remakes in the works – one directed by Jon Favreau and the other, now, by motion-capture icon Andy Serkis, best known for playing Gollum and Caesar. I didn’t think I’d ever see the day where there would be two competing Jungle Book remakes, but apparently, that day has come.

We’ll actually be putting up some movie reviews starting next week, as well as some Piece of My Mind essays, a largely forgotten about feature here at (Pop) Culturally Informed. We’ll also be debuting a new and exciting feature in the next few weeks, written by a West Coast correspondent. Happy spring, even though it’s supposed to snow in Philly! Again! Gahhhh!!

Maybe it’s just because I haven’t read Lois Lowry’s book in a long time, but;

-Is The Giver as futuristic-looking as this? I don’t remember technology being such a huge part of the book as it is presented here. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.

-I know for a fact that one of the big things is the lack of color in this world. You’d think that most of the film would be shot in black and white, no? Something of a Pleasantville vibe to it? At least not so much damn blue everywhere.

During an appearance on the Nerdist Panels’ Podcast, American Horror Story writer Douglas Petrie confirmed that though next season still doesn’t have a title, it will be “set in a carnival.” Wasn’t Carnivale already a show? Whatever. It’s going to be amazing, probably, so now we can adequately prepare ourselves for Jessica Lange’s final AHS season by imagining which act she’ll do. Even odds on lion tamer.